Although considerably privileged, neither my husband nor I were raised amongst affluence. We were taught the value of a dollar through circumstance; Our parents have held full time jobs our entire lives for the most part, working hard and earning enough to provide for us...
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I probably would have never learned to roast a turkey if it hadn't been for our move to New York City. It's one of those things that I learned as a parent from being away from my mother, but the rather simple act of preparing...
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Marriage has been one of the greatest learning experiences (read: challenges) of my lifetime. Justin and I didn't know each other all that well when we tied the knot less than a year after we met, so much of our getting-to-know-you time happened in warp...
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Heading back to school this year was bittersweet, and not just for me. I think that if Jack and Zoe could have chosen for themselves, in fact, they wouldn't have graduated out of their grades or transitioned out of their classes at all. They both...
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When Justin and I went on vacation, I thought surely all we would do was talk about the kids and miss them. That is, in fact, how we spend our date nights which are few and far between-something that we're working on making more frequent....
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The following post was sponsored by Creatacard by American Greetings. As a family, we've been slow adopters of personal electronics for the kid's use. During the day and especially the school year, they are fairly strictly limited to a couple of shows or 20 minutes...
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